Rosa Tamarkina plays Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, C Minor, Op. 18 (2/3)

[maestrojimbo]

Her tapering of phrase endings into infinity are remarkable. I'd love to hear more. I've posted a Rach 2 -3rd mvt. played by a now deceased colleague Justin Blasdale who died at the age of 50. I hope it's all right - just wanted to share another of the world's unsung heroes with you. Thanks so much for sharing this.

[raanan17]

The sound of greatness.

[j72050]

..I like Richter...but at times it is like he is out to kill the piano....one conductor said he runs to his own drum, with or without any orchestra playing beside him....I have to have his recordings, though....a must

[DaisytheDancer]

can someone tell me if there's a movie with this score in it? it seems so familiar, but I can't put my finger on it.

[AndreiPRE]

All byyyy myyyyyyyyyyyyself...

[linda19116hotmail]

bravo even though it's not susan boyle playing i still love it lalalalalalalala

[wanjabelaga]

prekrassno i interessno

samechatelno shto eta legenda w internete tak wsech sainteresowala

[sagalat]

Despite the asynchroticism at 9:21, she's a bold virile performer of little subtlety, but huge aggression. For me, WEISSENBERG towers over all at the 9:00 ending

[sll10]

You've got too much time on your hands.

[sagalat]

You are correct of course. I take no umbrage. Perhaps you would be kind enough to give me a few small chores to perform -- it's a fast route to Paradise, with all the fruit, virgins and such

[sll10]

LOL! Touche! It's just I thought the performance so remarkable that it seemed like nitpicking. However, bravo to you for being so specific!

[sagalat]

You are too charming! That said, if u luv Rach 2, hear Richter's and, especially, Weissenberg's 2nd movement finale....HUGE MAGNIFICENT like none other

[sll10]

Yes I've heard both: the Richter is my all-time favorite recording in fact. It's what I give to people who have no classical recordings. And Weissenberg is tremendous too! He's one of my favorite artists. I have almost all of his recordings; even those that haven't come out on CD.

[sll10]

Wow! I've never heard this pianist before (or even heard OF her). Man she's terrific!! Thanks for posting!

[iedsri]

Really, to quibble over 9:21 when listening to a performance as fine as this . . . ! (In fact she accomodates the orchestra within a single bar and it doesn't upset anything -- another sign of mastery.) What a wonderful musician! Thanks for posting this!

[IloveAlexisBledel689]

so beautiful! magic playing!

[weikko79]

zOMG Roza Tamarkina's classic performance of Rach's 2nd piano concerto! Thanks! Now how about uploading parts 1 & 3 as well?

[truecrypt]

I hate to cut movements - YT doesn't allow clips longer than 10 minutes. Well... may be I'll do.

[AntonioDGO]

Speaking of this 10min limit, the person who uploaded the Karajan/Beethoven sym clips managed to squeeeze 25+ minutes into them. I asked him how he did this but unfortunately he hasn't responded. Anyway it seems it might be possible to go beyond 10 min...

[weikko79]

YouTube does allow longer clips than 10 minutes. Just now I have on my right clips that run to 10:28, 10:40...and I've seen even longer ones.

[truecrypt]

YT accepts clips up to 10:59

There are some old users who can post longer video, but unfortunately this option is not available to me. I would love to be able to upload uncut recordings, but so far we all have to live with "10 min. limit"

[ChatlaninUef]

Имя Розы Тамаркиной у меня почему-то ассоциируется с именем Дину Липатти... гениально одаренные музыканты, ушедшие от нас так невероятно рано... и все же успевшие оставить доказательства своей гениальности.

Truecrypt - то, что Вы делаете - совершенно выше всяких похвал. И уж тем более, если брать в расчет то, что на западе имена великих советских (или русских) музыкантов часто попросту игнорируются по причине незнания их записей... Еще раз огромное спасибо!

[suzettegm]

Everything makes sense. As if she somehow knew

that it had to be NOW.

[smithsherman]

Whoever is conducting this does a more deeply meaningful job than any I've ever heard.

The Musicians are so well-tuned to her phrasing perceptions.BRAVISSIMO!

[pianopera]

Except at 9:21 (this passage is a mess...)

[marcelmombeekeigen]

who care's with such an interpreation!

[pianopera]

Every detail is important, there are no unimportant details in an interpretation, because they can make it great or worthless. So, yes, I care...

[marcelmombeekeigen]

so, if horowitz or gilels plays some wrong note's in a great interpreation, the interpretation become's worthless??

[pianopera]

No, of course not, because the general level (musically and technically) of playing is very high, just like here BTW. But I've heard performances of Gilels where there are simply too many mistakes - yet he always stays interesting.

It has also to do with the type of pianist, in the past there are great examples: Anton Rubinstein could make many mistakes and his playing was still great, but when Hans von Bulow played only one wrong note, people were complaining...

[smithsherman]

Dear Erwin,  You were fooled again.You let physical error take your eyes off of the meaning...Oh well...Marcel noticed too...

You've been exposed...

[pianopera]

Dear Smith, don't talk nonsense again...this is wonderful playing, the orchestra is great, too. I was just responding to your remark: "The Musicians are so well-tuned to her phrasing perceptions". Well they are, except that one passage I mentioned, but it's a live-recording, these things happen...

[weikko79]

I see no problem at 9:21. Does she play a wrong note or something? I didn't notice a thing.

[pianopera]

No, the tempo slows down but the wood-instruments (flutes?) that play the accompanying triplets don't seem to get it. Clearly it's the conductor's job to put it nicely together.

For the rest, as I wrote 6 months earlier, great performance!

[smithsherman]

In sum,she plays with a tonal and phrasing concept of a central European born in 1800Perhaps She was Dussek or Thalberg previously.

Beautiful...Beautiful!!!!!!

[smithsherman]

I love her divided hands,the quick juxtapositions between rallentando and tenuto,

her intense focused expression of each phrase(No god-forsaken long lines here).I love her dry Forte-piano tones contrasted against the romanticism of her phrasing.

[RealRussiansOnly]

Beautifully played with great maturity. She lived a short life but left us with her talent and will be remembered for her artistic contributions.

[pianopera]

Very impressive playing, I didn't know her recordings. What a sad story.

Nice picture or Rachmaninov (having a holiday in his dacha?)